Their 2026 World Cup
The tournament's Golden Glove, with the most emphatic argument possible: a single goal conceded in 750 minutes. He played all eight matches from first whistle to last, without rotation or rest, and kept a clean sheet in the three knockout rounds that carried Spain to the final. In a side that won five of its eight games by a single goal, that reliability was worth as much as a striker.
🧤 In goal
Goalkeeping data derived from the matches he started (real scores and team saves). Penalty shootouts do not count as goals conceded.
Match by match
Unai Simón played 8 matches for Spain, starting every one.
| Round | Match | His game |
|---|---|---|
| Group H | vs Cape Verde 0-0 | Started, played the full match |
| Group H | vs Saudi Arabia 4-0 | Started, played the full match |
| Group H | vs Uruguay 1-0 | Started, played the full match |
| Round of 32 | vs Austria 3-0 | Started, played the full match |
| Round of 16 | vs Portugal 1-0 | Started, played the full match |
| Quarter-finals | vs Belgium 2-1 | Started, played the full match |
| Semi-finals | vs France 2-0 | Started, played the full match |
| Final | vs Argentina 1-0 | Started, played the full match |
Who he is
- Born
- 11 June 1997 · aged 29 at the World Cup
- Birthplace
- Vitoria-Gasteiz
- Club
- Athletic Club
- Height
- 1.92 m
Data: Wikidata (CC0).
Biography
Unai Simón Mendibil (born 11 June 1997) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Athletic Bilbao and the Spain national team. Simón has spent his entire club career with Athletic, developing with their youth academy, farm team and reserves and making his senior debut in 2018, amassing 200 appearances by 2025. Simón made his senior international debut for Spain in 2020 and played at UEFA Euro 2020, the 2022 FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro 2024 and the 2026 FIFA World Cup; at Euro 2024, he featured in all but one match as Spain won the tournament, and at the 2026 World Cup set an all-time tournament record as he conceded just one goal (against Belgium) in eight matches and won the Golden Glove award as his country again finished as champions for the second time in their history.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · opening summary of the article.
Tournament data from API-Football. See more rankings on the World Cup data hub.
Photo: Bryan Berlin · Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)